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Show TOGO'S VICTORY COMPLETE! Destroys Whole Fleet, Captures Russian J Admiral and Other Big Officers. ! Jap Squadron Handled Perfectly while Russians were Demoralized. All latei reiKutsgo to coiiliini pie-vious pie-vious reports of the complete crushing crush-ing of the Russian Meet by Admiral Togo The reports now deal largely with thedetailsorthe teuible light. It Is said that the Russians were In a trap and clearly defeated after a few hours, although they kept up the struggle The Russians were battered batter-ed on all sides. They biokc hi utter dlsoidei, Uwt theli formation and went .igag The Japanese closed in and pressed them toward the Nagotc coast. No Rest Given Russians. ''Togo risked nothing and lot nothing noth-ing Darkness bicught on a glorious night with smooth and transpaicnt seas. The Russians were edging northwaid with the powerful Japanese Japan-ese Meet In a horizontal Hue across their bows, forming an elfcctive harrier. har-rier. Then under search lights and the lover of the big guns of the wat-shlps, wat-shlps, the Japanese torpedo llotilla began be-gan like locusts to sling and sink the enemy, the Russians continuing to return the gun tite At '- o'clock In the morning the lighting was llerce and Intense and no lest was allowed the Russians. With dawn of Sunday the Japanese Meet came into still closer range. All day long the battle continued, and by evening was raging oil northern Nagoto. The Russians were povvei less to ollei any effective icslstance. The Japs sunk and captured practically pract-ically all the Russian Meet, and los.i only three torpedo boats and Ou men, killed and wounded. The. siorlcs of the carnage as told by icsciied Russians Is ten Ible. Rojestvensky was captured with other high otllccis. The former was badly wounded In the head and may die |